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Stephen Vincent Benet

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Stephen Vincent Benet is a historic site in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 116 m. Bauer Rock stands 317 m to the southwest, 3.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Fowler Family Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Warren Heritage Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
STEPHEN / VINCENT BENET // This talented author was born here July 22, 1898; died in New York March 13, 1943. "John Brown's Body" and his other poems and stories give vivid expression to the best in American spirit and tradition.
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Coordinates40.60708, -75.39373

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Enix Park: 0.3 mi
  • Madison Park: 0.4 mi
  • Ullman Park: 0.4 mi
  • Dodson Street Park: 0.5 mi
  • Martin Luther King Junior Park: 0.5 mi
Museums: 59
Nature reserves
Attractions
Peaks
Historic sites: 54
  • Tinsley Jeter Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • Gen. Casimir Pulaski: 0.7 mi
  • Crown Inn: 0.7 mi
  • Asa Packer Monument: 0.7 mi
  • Bethlehem Steelworkers Memorial: 0.9 mi
Gardens: 28
Artworks: 20
  • Mr. Imagination's Sculpture Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Amos The Greyhound: 1.1 mi
  • Nittany Lion Mascot Statue: 1.1 mi
  • The Bridge: 1.5 mi
  • John Amos Comenius Monument: 1.7 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Charlie Brown's Clearing: 2.4 mi
  • Picinic Table (S): 2.5 mi
  • Picinic Table (C): 2.5 mi
  • Parkside Pavillion: 7.4 mi
  • Carousel Grove: 7.6 mi
Cliffs: 8
Springs: 7
  • Crystal Spring: 4.7 mi
  • Lehigh Park Spring: 5.0 mi
  • Helfrichs Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Poorhouse Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Marble Spring: 14.2 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • High Falls: 14.4 mi
  • Princess Run Waterfall: 17.3 mi
  • Wild Creek Falls: 21.4 mi
  • Old Mill Falls: 23.1 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Wilson Avenue River Access: 4.7 mi
  • Walnutport Lehigh River Access: 14.7 mi
  • Dunbars Lehigh River Access: 22.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • 309 Truck Stop: 7.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Stephen Vincent Benet. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bauer RockSW317 m3.7 mi
Flint HillSSE308 m5.9 mi
Gaffney HillE308 m7.4 mi
KirchbergESE305 m4.3 mi
South MountainSE301 m1.2 mi
Haycock MountainSE295 m12.3 mi
KohlbergESE294 m5.7 mi
Chestnut HillSSW282 m7.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3819:14
June solstice05:3219:5520:37
September equinox06:5018:2519:01
December solstice07:2315:5516:38

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303241526271767466554435
Precip in3.32.83.63.73.64.45.34.64.84.13.23.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Allentown Lehigh VLY Intl AP, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12995301363

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